10 years ago
Kansas lawmakers reconvene Wednesday, but will not take up the school funding issue as they meet to formally adjourn their annual session Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle says lawmakers won't attempt this week to address the state Supreme Court's most recent ruling on education funding. The Wichita Republican issued a statement Tuesday saying the state's attorneys have ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating an unattended death from over the weekend. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the body of a 22-year-old male was found in a room at a home located in the 500 block of W. Kirwin. Officers found no outward sign of trauma and an autopsy is being performed to determine the ...

10 years ago
An Abilene man was hurt in a single-vehicle crash early Tuesday morning in rural Clay County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 63-year-old Gary Leister was driving a 2002 International semi truck puling a trailer, headed south on K 15 Highway. He drove onto the right shoulder, over-corrected, and overturned into the ditch. The truck came ...

10 years ago
A Salina woman contacts police after her jewelry was stolen from her vehicle while it was stored at Auto House Towing, 565 Westport Blvd. Police say sometime between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning someone removed numerous items from her vehicle including earrings, flashlight, cell charger and a white gold cocktail ring valued at $4,000. Total ...

10 years ago
A Salina woman was arrested on burglary and forgery charges. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 29-year-old Avrille Carlson was taken into custody on Sunday in connection to stolen checks that were cashed on May 11th and May 13th at First Bank Kansas. Police say Carlson forged two checks and cashed them for a total of ...

10 years ago
A Salina man was injured after losing control of his motorcycle on Shipton Road Saturday afternoon. According to Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan, 57-year-old Joseph Schaulis was riding his 2014 Harley Davidson motorcycle eastbound on Shipton, when a vehicle pulled halfway into the intersection of Shipton and Wasserman and stopped. Deputies say Schaulis lost control of his ...

10 years ago
A police pursuit ends with a single car crash and a DUI arrest. Sunday morning around 4:20am, officers were called to the 900 block of W. Ash after neighbors reported suspicious behavior and the sounds of someone pounding on a door. As police approached the area a woman in a 2005 Chevy Malibu sped past and would ...

10 years ago
A Saline County teen who stabbed her sister to death back in 2014 has been sentenced. Authorities tell KSAL News that 16-year-old Sierra Niehaus was sentenced Tuesday morning in Saline County District Court. Sierra  was 14-years-old when she stabbed her 13-year-old sister to death inside their rural Saline County home back in August of 2014. The case ...

10 years ago
A Salina man is taken into custody after choking a woman he would not allow to leave her house. Police arrested 24-year-old Kyle Cook on Monday after an argument turned violent in a north Salina home. Police say Cook and a female victim in her 20's were arguing and when she attempted to leave the residence, was ...

10 years ago
A propane leak is to blame for a home explosion in Butler County. Officials tell KWCH that the blast leveled the home on Kansas Highway 254 about 5:00 Sunday morning. The explosion could be heard by residents up to 20-miles away. The force of the blast also blew out the windows of a nearby residence. Authorities say that ...

10 years ago
Vandals hit a private cemetery in south-central Kansas with graves dating to the 1800s during the Memorial Day weekend. Kingman County Deputy Amber Barratti says about 10 to 15 headstones were knocked down in the private cemetery in northeast Kingman County near Cheney. Investigators believe the vandalism occurred late Saturday or early Sunday. No arrests have been ...